Corinna Elisabeth Löckenhoff (also spelled Loeckenhoff) is a gerontologist. She is a professor of Human Development at Cornell University and of Gerontology in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine.
Corinna Löckenhoff | |
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| Alma mater | University of Marburg Stanford University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Gerontology |
| Institutions | Cornell University Weill Cornell Medicine |
| Thesis | Age-Related Positivity Effects in Information Acquisition and Decision-Making: Testing Socioemotional Selectivity Theory in the Health Domain (2004) |
| Doctoral advisor | Laura L. Carstensen |
Education
editLöckenhoff earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Marburg. She went on to receive her PhD in psychology from Stanford University in 2004. Her doctoral advisor was Laura L. Carstensen, and her thesis title was Age-Related Positivity Effects in Information Acquisition and Decision-Making: Testing Socioemotional Selectivity Theory in the Health Domain. After her PhD, she had a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute on Aging.[1][2]
Career
editLöckenhoff has been a faculty member at Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical since 2009.[1][3] Her research focuses on how psychological factors vary with age and what these variations imply for mental and physical health. She investigates age differences in decision making,[4] and in 2015 she co-edited a book on this topic, Aging and Decision Making, with Thomas M. Hess and JoNell Strough.[5] She also studies the influence of personality and emotion upon health behaviors and outcomes, a line of inquiry exemplified in a 2016 book that she co-edited with Anthony Ong, Emotion, Aging, and Health.[6]
Awards and honors
editThe Association for Psychological Science recognized Löckenhoff as a Rising Star in 2011,[7] and she received the Margret M. and Paul B. Baltes Foundation Award in Behavioral and Social Gerontology from the Gerontological Society of America in 2014.[1][8] She was elected fellow of the Gerontological Society of America in 2016[9][10] and the Association for Psychological Science in 2020.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Corinna Loeckenhoff". Cornell University. Archived from the original on June 8, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ^ Loeckenhoff, Corinna Elisabeth (2004). Age-Related Positivity Effects in Information Acquisition and Decision-Making: Testing Socioemotional Selectivity Theory in the Health Domain (PhD thesis). Stanford University. Archived from the original on 2020-01-13. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- ^ David Hopper (June 16, 2016). "Corinna Löckenhoff, Cornell University – Self-Continuity". The Academic Minute. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- ^ Stephen D’Angelo (August 14, 2019). "Want the money now or later? It may depend on your age". Cornell Chronicle. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- ^ Hess, Thomas; Strough, JoNell; Löckenhoff, Corinna, eds. (2015). Aging and Decision Making. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-417155-8. Archived from the original on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ^ Ong, Anthony D.; Löckenhoff, Corinna, eds. (2016). Emotion, Aging, and Health. American Psychological Association. ISBN 978-1-4338-2162-2. Archived from the original on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ^ "Corinna E. Löckenhoff". Observer. Association for Psychological Science. December 16, 2011. Archived from the original on January 11, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- ^ "Loeckenhoff reaps early career award in gerontology". Cornell Chronicle. August 13, 2014. Archived from the original on January 11, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- ^ "The Gerontological Society of America Selects 2016 Fellows". Gerontological Society of America. May 31, 2016. Archived from the original on December 3, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- ^ "GSA Current Fellows". Gerontological Society of America. Archived from the original on December 8, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ^ "APS Fellows". Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
External links
edit- Corinna Löckenhoff publications indexed by Google Scholar